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5 B-Town married couples who are still going strong

Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan

Everyone knows about this couple and knows how Shah Rukh Khan managed to get married to Gauri Khan. SRK fell for Gauri when he first saw her at a party, when he was 18 years old and she was just 14. The couple got married on 25 October 1991. They got married before SRK made his name in Bollywood. He got married when he was 25 only, which is quite an early age for an actor to get married and settle down. They’re always giving couple goals to everyone even today. Now they have three children, Aryan, Suhana and Abram.

Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna

Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna story started when they met in Mumbai for a Filmfare magazine photo session with Jayesh Seth. Akshay is a self-made superstar, who made name with his hard work and managed to get Twinkle who belonged from a film background family. The couple got married on 7 January 2001 because Twinkle said if her movie Mela which was released in 2000 doesn’t do well then she’ll marry him and that movie didn’t do well in the box office. Now they have two children Aarav and Nitara. They’re definitely one of the best looking couple in the country now.


Ajay Devgan and Kajol

Ajay and Kajol got married on 24 February 1999. When they got married, the media said it won’t last long because Kajol is known to be energetic and talkative whereas Ajay is quiet and only says few words when he needs to. They sure are an example of opposite attracts couple. It’s been 19 years of their marriage and it’s still going strong because of them understanding each other.  Now they have two children Nysa and Yug.

Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty

Raj and Shilpa’s story started a bit late than the others but even then they’re still one of the few couple’s that everyone loves. They first met in 2008 during a business meeting. The London based businessman and the diva of Bollywood got married on 22 November 2009.  Now they only have one child Viaan.

Ritesh Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza

Ritesh and Genelia’s story started back in 2002, when they first met during their movie Tujhe Meri Kasam. Genelia was just 16 years old who came from Hyderabad and Ritesh was 24, the son of Maharashtra’s then Chief Minister Late Shri Vilas Rao Deshmukh. They were not really dating as they were friends and their relationship built up from there to a married couple. However there were a lot of talk as Genelia was under 18 and the age difference between them. They got married on 3 February 2012. They’re probably one couple who never had any controversy or link ups with another person. Now they have two children Riaan and Rahyl.

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